Collaboration uses Azure cloud and AI frameworks to support manipulation and inspection use cases in automotive, aerospace and manufacturing.
Hexagon Robotics announced a partnership with Microsoft to advance humanoid robots. The companies plan to collaborate on data-driven manufacturing workflows, expand physical AI frameworks including imitation learning, reinforcement learning and multimodal vision-language-action models and work with customers to deploy Azure-based robotics systems from development through factory deployment.
Combining Hexagon Robotics’ expertise in sensor fusion, robotics, and spatial intelligence and Microsoft’s strengths in cloud computing and scalable platforms, including Fabric Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric, Azure IoT Operations, and Azure App Service, the two companies will work together to provide production-ready humanoid solutions for manipulation and inspection use cases, first targeting automotive, aerospace, manufacturing and logistic industries.
Humanoid robots are expected to reshape many industries by enabling new levels of autonomy and efficiency while keeping humans in the loop. The partnership will tackle several existing deployment challenges, such as data management, one-shot imitation learning, and training for multimodal AI models. Through this collaboration, Hexagon’s industrial humanoid robot, AEON, has already demonstrated real-time defect detection and operational intelligence.
Together, Hexagon Robotics and Microsoft are committed to addressing workforce challenges and enhancing operational efficiency across a breadth of industries with intelligent, scalable, and autonomous solutions.
For more information, visit hexagon.com.
